Effective date: July 18, 2026 · Last updated: July 18, 2026
These Terms of Service ("Terms") form a binding agreement between you ("you," "your," or "User") and Starkworth LLC, a Limited Liability Company registered in Alabama, USA ("Starkworth," "we," "us," or "our"), governing your access to and use of starkworth.org and any related subdomains, portals, and dashboards (together, the "Site").
By accessing or using the Site, registering as an Annotator, or signing a profit-sharing agreement, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. If you do not agree, you must not use the Site.
You must be at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract in your jurisdiction to use the Site, register as an Annotator, or sign an agreement. By using the Site, you represent and warrant that you meet these requirements and that your use of the Site does not violate any law or regulation applicable to you, including any restriction on independent contractor work, remote employment, or data-annotation activity in your country of residence.
This website is primarily informational: it explains Starkworth's services, lets you contact us, register as an Annotator, and review or sign a profit-sharing agreement. The Site's marketing copy, FAQ, and guides are provided for general information only and do not themselves create binding obligations. The binding terms of any Account Owner relationship are set out exclusively in that Account Owner's individually signed agreement; the binding terms of any Annotator relationship are set out in the registration acknowledgement and related communications. Where anything on this Site conflicts with a signed agreement, the signed agreement controls.
If you are issued login credentials to an Account Owner or Annotator portal, you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of those credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You agree to notify us immediately at contact@starkworth.org of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. Starkworth staff will never ask you for your password, and any communication requesting it should be treated as fraudulent and reported to us.
You agree not to, and not to attempt to:
We reserve the right to investigate suspected violations and to suspend or terminate access to the Site or any Portal for any User reasonably believed to have violated this section.
You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information when registering, undergoing verification, or signing an agreement, and to promptly update that information if it changes. Providing false or materially misleading information may result in rejection of your application, suspension of Portal access, or termination of your agreement, at Starkworth's discretion.
Any figures shown on this Site — payout schedules, illustrative examples, or general descriptions of how earnings work — are provided for general information only and are not a guarantee, projection, or promise of specific earnings. Actual earnings depend on factors outside Starkworth's control, including task availability, third-party platform conditions, and the specific terms of your individually signed agreement. Nothing on this Site constitutes financial or investment advice.
The Site and its Content, including the Starkworth name, logo, and all design elements, are owned by Starkworth or its licensors and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Site for its intended personal, non-commercial purpose. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from the Site's Content without our prior written consent, except that you may retain your own signed agreement and related correspondence for your records.
The Site relies on third-party service providers, including hosting and authentication infrastructure and web fonts, to operate. We are not responsible for the availability, content, or practices of third-party services, and your use of them may be subject to their own terms. The Site may also contain links to third-party websites; we do not endorse and are not responsible for the content or practices of any linked site.
The Site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or that the Site will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free. No advice or information obtained from Starkworth or through the Site creates any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Starkworth and its officers, employees, and agents shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenue, arising from or related to your use of, or inability to use, the Site, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Where liability cannot be excluded under applicable law, Starkworth's total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to your use of the Site shall not exceed one hundred US dollars (USD $100). This section does not apply to liability arising under a signed profit-sharing agreement, which is governed exclusively by the terms of that agreement.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Starkworth and its officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your breach of these Terms, your violation of any law, or your violation of any third-party right.
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site or any Portal at any time, with or without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms, is harmful to other Users, Starkworth, or third parties, or for any other reason at our discretion. Termination of Site access does not by itself terminate a signed profit-sharing agreement, which can only be ended in accordance with its own terms.
Starkworth shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance resulting from causes beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disaster, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, internet or telecommunications failures, third-party platform outages, or governmental action.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Alabama, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles, and without regard to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Before initiating any formal proceeding, you agree to first contact us at contact@starkworth.org and attempt to resolve the dispute informally and in good faith. If a dispute is not resolved within 30 days, it shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Alabama, USA, and both parties consent to personal jurisdiction and venue there, except where applicable consumer-protection law in your country of residence provides otherwise.
If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect, and the unenforceable provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that right or provision. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign these Terms without restriction, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and, where applicable, your individually signed profit-sharing agreement, constitute the entire agreement between you and Starkworth regarding the Site and supersede any prior agreements regarding the Site's use. Where these Terms conflict with a signed profit-sharing agreement on a matter the agreement specifically addresses, the signed agreement controls for that matter.
We may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, the Site, or applicable law. We will update the "Last updated" date above when we do, and for material changes we will make reasonable efforts to provide more prominent notice, such as a notice on the Site. Continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
Questions about these Terms can be sent to contact@starkworth.org, or via the Contact page.